The City Upon a Hill: August 22, 2018

Focus: What are we observing, questioning, and inferring about Puritan beliefs?

Please turn in your signed class policies if you have not yet done so.

1. Offering you an explanation of the "Academic Character" grade in IC and our class cell phone policy

In a nutshell:

1. Work ruthlessly on American Lit from bell to bell.
2. Keep your cell phone in your bag unless invited to to take it out.
3. Use your laptop for what we're doing in class (turn off IM and other distracting pop-ups).
4. Your "Academic Character" grade will reflect your focus and help you figure out what you need to work on.

2. Warming up by gathering background on the Puritans from a secondary source

Reading "The City Upon a Hill" with your note catcher from yesterday.

Enjoying grid group discussions:

• Topic 1: What did it mean to the Puritans to be the "city upon a hill"? 

• Topic 2: Look back to your notes from yesterday. What specific connections can you make between to what you learned from yesterday's gravestone and primer activities? In other words, how does this article inform some of the inferences you made yesterday?

• Topic 3: Do you think Arapahoe High School sees itself as a "City Upon a Hill"? What kind of pressure does this put on a group? On an individual?

• Final group task: Go back to yesterday's questions on the class blog and respond thoughtfully to at least one.

3. Investigating the Salem witch trials; click HERE for the overview; make a copy of it and save it in your "Cultural Hysteria" folder

Step 1: Use your Puritan notes to amass knowledge from various websites. There are a few links on the overview, but feel free to conduct your own Google searches. You will do this part individually.

Step 2: As a class, we'll compare the larger conclusions you drew.

Step 3: With a partner, you will return to the three big questions on the overview. Discuss them thoughtfully and type your detailed response on your copy of the overview.

4. Wrapping up with a quick exit ticket

HW:
1. For TOMORROW: Spend 15 more minutes exploring the Salem witch trial websites and adding to your Puritan note catcher.

2.  For Friday: If you have not yet done so, please complete the survey (and encourage your parents to do the same).

3. Keep bringing your charged laptops to class.